Bifrontal, bitemporal and right unilateral electrode placement in ECT: Randomised trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-234

  Kellner, Charles H ^a   Knapp, Rebecca ^b   Husain, Mustafa M ^c   Rasmussen, Keith ^d   Sampson, Shirlene ^d   Cullum, Munro ^c   McClintock, Shawn M ^c   Tobias, Kristen G ^a   Martino, Celena ^e   Mueller, Martina ^b   Bailine, Samuel H ^f   Fink, Max ^g   Petrides, Georgios ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749271276     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066183     Document Type: Article

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